The most undeserving Heisman winners

December 3, 2012 |Compiled by Houston Chronicle staff

12 Heisman Trophy races that wound up with the wrong winner.

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1. Paul Hornung, QB, Notre Dame, 1956

The Notre Dame hype machine has produced a few unworthy Heisman winners but none more so than Hornung. He was a great player, but the Irish went 2-8. Any of the next four players in the voting — Johnny Majors from Tennessee, Tom McDonald and Jerry Tubbs from Oklahoma or Syracuse’s Jim Brown, who finished FIFTH — would have been more deserving.

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1. Paul Hornung, QB, Notre Dame, 1956

The Notre Dame hype machine has produced a few unworthy Heisman winners but none more so than Hornung. He was a great player, but the Irish went 2-8. Any of the next four players in the voting — Johnny Majors from Tennessee, Tom McDonald and Jerry Tubbs from Oklahoma or Syracuse’s Jim Brown, who finished FIFTH — would have been more deserving.